Major changes including a revised flight model. See description for particulars.
There are a number of feature demo videos.
https://github.com/Working-Title-MSF...tag/cj4-v0.9.0
A WIP operators guide.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...so5AT5OnI/edit
KEY FEATURES
- Added Cross Pointers flight director
- Flight director now works with AP off, including lateral guidance
- Added Takeoff Go-Around (TOGA) mode
- Holds functionality and autopilot, including proper entry types and exit arming
- Course intercept, Point/Bearing/Distance fixes, Point/Distance fixes, Lat/Lon fixes
- Completely overhauled Flight Model (WIP) (Credit: Metzgergva)
- Com 2 can now be used to transmit and receive.
Flight Plan Manager
- Fixed errors where negative values would be returned for a leg course
- When approach is loaded, destination airport is removed and the runway becomes the final waypoint
LNAV
- Off-course sidewinder wandering behavior should be greatly reduced
- Support added for flying holds
- FMS now calculates correct DTK for very long legs along changing great circle bearings
- FMS will now continue to sequence even if the active nav mode source is a nav radio
- FMS will no longer sequence past the destination runway fix to the airport fix
VNAV
- VNAV will now continue to the most recent restriction even during a large amount of turn anticipation
- FPA for approach legs will now be calculated from the FAF so steeper angles can be automatically supported
Autopilot
- Adjusted VS to round up in approach to prevent drifting under GP (Current AP workaround)
- Added inhibit .1nm from runway threshold to prevent aircraft from flying towards center of airport
- Added TOGA functionality. When pressed on ground, provides 10 degree FD pitch up, runway heading tracking. Hotspot to engage is the L FIRE BOTTLE click hotspot
- VS mode now properly captures the current vertical speed when engaging
- AP now goes to Roll/Pitch upon landing
- Fixed issue where APPR sensitivity could appear even outside of the approach segment
- VS wheel now properly adjusts target aircraft pitch when in PITCH mode
Comms
- COM2 transmit and receive is now fully supported in the panel and compatible with vPilot
- COM switches on audio panel can now enable or disable transmit for that channel
- COM knobs will now disable receive for that channel when turned down
FMC
- Holding CLR for 1/2 second or longer will clear the entire scratchpad
DIR
- Page layout has been overhauled
- Available fixes should properly reflect remaining legs in plan
- Nearest airports function should now operate
- Direct-to should no longer route you back to the origin runway if the selected fix is a non-ICAO leg termination (also applies to LEGS)
LEGS
- Fixed legs page blacking out with empty flight plan
- Fixed inability to copy magenta TO fix to scratchpad
- Added lat/lon user waypoints support
- Added shorthand lat/lon user waypoint support
- Added place/bearing/distance user waypoint support
- Added flight plan offset user waypoint support
- Added ability to drop fix on blue FROM leg to intercept leg course
- Fixed incorrectly rounded distance displays
- Added NEW HOLD and HOLD AT support
- Added support for hold EXIT ARMED and CANCEL EXIT
- Added AUTO/INHIBIT FMS fix sequencing selection
PERF
- Fixed bug where it would go to perf init after vnav setup 3/3
- Fixed cruise altitude cell in perf init from showing FL + 5 boxes
- Fixed bug in approach ref not showing headwind/tailwind
FPLN
- V-Speeds will reset when entering a new origin after landing.
- Airways should now be enterable connecting to the final departure fix
- Fuel used is now reset with new origin
FPLN HOLD
- Added hold page support for all data fields, except for QUAD/RADIAL
- Added support for automatically detected entry type
- Added support for EXIT HOLD and CANCEL EXIT
- Wired hold support into EXEC/CANCEL MOD
HOLD LIST
- Added HOLD LIST page
- Adeed support for up to 6 holds in list
PFD/MFD
- Added Cross Pointers (X-PTR) flight director and setting persistence on restart
- Setting altimeter to hPA stays persistent on restart
- Cyan vertical speed arrow is now removed when in GP or VPATH
- Adjusted map ranges to realistic values (5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 300, 600)
- Corrected PPOS scaling
- MFD Wind speed font size same as PFD
- Fixed outer range display cut off
- Added (N)orth label to PLAN view
- Wind indicator hidden on PLAN view
- Various map draw improvements
- Added correct icons for different VOR types and NDBs
- Enabled map symbols are now drawn and updated around the current location
- INTERS now only shows named and non terminal waypoints
- Added display of terminal waypoints (to be enabled in FMC)
- Map will show a maximum of 40 symbols as in the real unit (configurable in Defaults in later version)
Misc
- AOA indicator only lights up on gear down or greater than flaps 15.
- Standby attitude indicator (SAI) baro settings are changed to whatever is set in PFD.
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